What is the population of Washington Parish?

Washington Parish has 45,238 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the median household income in Washington Parish?

Median household income in Washington Parish is $42,776 a year, 45.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Washington Parish?

Median gross rent is $772 a month and the median home value is $139,400, so rent absorbs about 21.7% of median household income.

Is Washington Parish affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Washington Parish is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Washington ZIP codes — Washington Parish, Louisiana

Quick answer

Washington Parish is home to 45,238 residents with a median household income of $42,776 and a median home value of $139,400. 69.4% of households own their home and 24.2% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Washington ZIP code? 4 ZIP code areas fall inside Washington Parish, Louisiana, listed in full below.

Population: 45,238Washington Parish residents
Median household income: $42,776Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $139,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $772Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.4%Owner-occupied households

Washington Parish, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Washington Parish is a small city in Louisiana, with 45,238 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 41 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Washington Parish earn a median of $42,776 a year, 45.5% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 24.2% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Washington Parish is valued at $139,400, 54.1% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $772 a month, 45.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,264 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

ZIP codes in Washington Parish

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Washington Parish.

How to read this page

What these estimates cover.

Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Washington Parish?: Washington Parish has 45,238 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Washington Parish?: Median household income in Washington Parish is $42,776 a year, 45.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Washington Parish?: Median gross rent is $772 a month and the median home value is $139,400, so rent absorbs about 21.7% of median household income.
Is Washington Parish affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Washington Parish is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Washington Parish data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.